Li Ruowei shook her head. She asked everyone outside to leave before speaking to us.
"You two, be quiet. It was Yuan Cheng who caused this. When the little maid brought you the warm cloak last night, you were still drinking. If I hadn't reacted quickly, you would have been dragged to some secluded road by her."
"Sister, I'm not that weak. I knew she was using a bewitching powder. I only gave her a heads-up because she looked young. I never expected her to ruin my painting. You went too far just now. Women are just too soft-hearted."
“You think you can just fly now that you’ve grown up? I’m the one who taught you these methods of judging people.”
I really don't want to listen to those two siblings arguing here. It's so uncomfortable to be caught in the middle. I leaned against Xie Yuancheng and decided to stay quiet for a while once they stopped arguing.
"Ying'er, you're in the wrong no matter how you look at it. You made me angry first. I've been away from the manor for days and you didn't even come to see me. Didn't you know I was waiting for you in the backyard?!"
"How would I know? Anyway, we were still arguing. If I had known someone was bringing you something, I should have gone out on my own initiative."
"Go to hell, come with me!" Xie Yuancheng dragged me back. I kept asking him questions on the way, but this little rascal was pretending to be stupid.
"Get out, get out! Go find your sweet embrace, don't come loitering around here!" I pushed him toward the door. I was going to ask him some questions, but he wasn't falling for it!
"Ying'er~" Xie Yuancheng said a few words. I was about to close the door when I saw the little maid coming over with her hair disheveled.
I quickly pulled him into the house, took the Xuan Tie sword from his hand, and swung it directly at the person who was rushing towards him. What a shameless person! If she wants to seduce a man, she should see if she has enough to offer!
"Ouch, that hurts!" The little maid fell to the ground, looked up at Xie Yuancheng, and I threw a tablecloth at her face.
"Where did this wild woman come from, daring to steal my man? Don't you even know if you're good enough? Not only are you ugly, but you also have no figure and you smell bad."
"Thank goodness my two children didn't play with you. If your filthy hands had touched their soft little hands, I'd chop them off right now and throw them at the city gate of Linyang, and see who dares to come to my mansion and cause trouble."
I saw her struggle to her feet and have the people around her drag her out. Were these people stupid to let a crazy woman barge in like that?!
"Ying'er~ I'll let them punish you, don't be angry~" Xie Yuancheng put his arm around me and we went back. I asked the maid to find the old women to come in, but no one came when I called.
"They were punished for their poor performance. A new batch of people will come tomorrow. Don't worry, it won't be these people who play the victim. We don't accept people from poor families either."
I asked him to explain clearly. Xie Yuancheng first asked me to sit down. He blew a whistle, and a man in black appeared. When he came back, Su Mama and Li Mama had already entered.
"Greetings, Lord Marquis and Madam." They looked a little frightened, but Xie Yuancheng, unusually kind, told them to stand up and speak.
"Tell the madam how you discovered that something was wrong with them."
Granny Su visibly breathed a sigh of relief: "Madam, it's not that I'm being cunning, it's just that when these girls came in, there were five or six of them, and their eyes were always fixed on the Marquis."
Originally, once they came in, they were free to go wherever they wanted. They tried every means to get close to this place. The little maid who had the accident today was originally recruited to be a playmate for the young master and young lady.
But when she came in, I noticed her hands and feet weren't very clean. A small child shouldn't be exposed to dirt, so I didn't let her hold her. She, however, kept wanting to come here, again and again. Last time, when Madam went out, she wanted to follow, but we had to work together to stop her.”
Both Granny Su and Granny Li came from the capital. Their families are in Linyang. Once Su Ling and Xi Zhi grow up, they can earn some money to go back to their hometown. If they don't want to go back, they can stay in the mansion.
"You don't care where they're sold from either."
“Ying’er, these are what my sister is selling. It wasn’t originally for sale, as we don’t need any more people in the manor. It’s just that my sister took them in because she felt sorry for them.”
Xie Yuancheng told them to go out first and then collect a small bonus. The two nannies left happily.
I still don't believe it. Last time, when those people caused chaos in the city, Li Ruowei experienced their shamelessness and awfulness firsthand. How could she possibly bring more people to her residence?
“Ying’er, there are some people who deliberately try to sell themselves in front of you. When my sister took Yan’er out, they encountered trouble on the way and it was they who rescued her.”
Before this incident, my sister treated them quite well. Sometimes there would be minor slip-ups, but they were harmless, so I didn't blame them. Now that Ying'er Residence, which I gave you, has been involved in this incident, even if they are people of higher status and more capable than me, I will deal with them sooner or later.
I took Xie Yuancheng's hand. He gets like this when he's angry, and I ended up comforting him for a long time. After he calmed down, I followed him to the kitchen to make flower cakes so I could send them to the two little ones.
Later, Li Ruowei told me that the five girls were picking wild vegetables outside to eat. Because things were quite chaotic in Linyang at that time, her carriage was robbed, and they rescued it together.
Originally, Bizhu went out with Li Ruowei. The five girls didn't want anything. One of them saw Yan'er crying, so she went to comfort her. After Yan'er stopped crying, she said that her younger siblings were all like that.
Li Ruowei felt sorry for them, so she let them into the manor. When they first arrived, they all fawned over them. But when they actually encouraged Bizhu to pick up Anxiang, Li Ruowei became suspicious.
Bizhu was naive and went without hesitation, almost getting kidnapped on the way. After the kidnappers were caught, they were questioned and found out that they had been with these five girls, and that each of them was ruthless.
Bizhu was assigned to Jinglin to temporarily lead the people there until things here were settled before returning. I knew it! Li Ruowei spoke so confidently; I thought she had extraordinary abilities, but it turns out she had planned this all along.
Originally, they planned to work together from the inside and outside, but now people outside are saying that the Marquis's mansion in Linyang City has many treasures, and Xie Yuancheng is not here. Li Ruowei is very calm and does not pose a threat.
After they met Xie Yuancheng, they started having fantasies and wanted to use him to climb the social ladder. They often went to Ying'er Residence to watch our wedding, and they were extremely jealous.
They gave themselves away, so Li Ruowei laid everything bare. They had no room to deny it, and that's when they told her everything.
I felt a chill: "These people are really something, watching us every day. I hope Yan'er and the others weren't touched by them."
"No, they don't know where the smell is. Even if they change into scented clothes, the smell is still there. So I won't let the nanny let the children go to them. They're just saying nice things."
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